1# NetHack Copyright (c) NetHack PC Development Team 1993, 1996, 1999 2# NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. 3# 4# A '#' at the beginning of a line means the rest of the line is a comment. 5# 6# Some options MUST be set in this file, other options can be toggled while 7# playing. For a list of options available see the <opthelp.> file. If 8# the game plays slowly you might notice some improvement by setting 9# !time and !showexp, which will reduce screen I/O somewhat. 10# 11# To change the configuration, comment out the unwanted lines, and 12# uncomment the configuration you want. 13# 14# Note: For blind players, please use the file NHAccess.nh as a template. 15# 16 17# *** OPTIONS *** 18# 19# The three options on this line should be used for most setups. 20# If your machine isn't very IBM-compatible, and NetHack doesn't work, 21# try commenting out this line. 22OPTIONS=rawio,BIOS,IBMgraphics 23 24# To use VGA graphical tiles on an MS-DOS PC with VGA or better,uncomment 25# this: 26#OPTIONS=video:autodetect 27 28# Some versions of NetHack use the pc speaker to play the notes given when 29# playing music instruments in NetHack. To use this feature, if available, 30# uncomment the following line: 31#OPTIONS=soundcard:autodetect 32 33# If your machine is NEC PC-9800, use: 34#OPTIONS=rawio,BIOS,video:default 35# If you use an Atari and want tty use: 36#OPTIONS=windowtype:tty,rawio,BIOS 37 38 39# Some options to set personal preferences. Uncomment and change these to 40# suit your personal preference. If several people are to use the same 41# configuration, options like these should not be set. 42# 43#OPTIONS=name:Janet,role:Valkyrie,race:Human,gender:female,align:lawful 44#OPTIONS=dogname:Fido,catname:Morris,fruit:guava 45#OPTIONS=horsename:Silver 46#OPTIONS=autopickup,pickup_types:$"=/!?+ 47#OPTIONS=packorder:")[%?+/=!(*0_` 48#OPTIONS=scores:10 top/2 around/own 49#OPTIONS=nolegacy,noverbose 50#OPTIONS=menustyle:traditional 51 52# If you wish to change the symbol used to display boulders use: 53OPTIONS=boulder:0 54# 55# General options. You might also set "silent" so as not to attract 56# the boss's attention. 57# 58# number_pad option can have an optional value of 0 (off), 1 (on), 59# or 2(on,legacy-mode) which causes 5='g', alt-5='G', alt-0='I' 60# 61OPTIONS=time,noshowexp,number_pad:2,lit_corridor 62 63# Treat space bar as rest. Warning: may be dangerous for new players. 64# OPTIONS=rest_on_space 65 66# 67# If you want to get rid of "use #quit to quit..." use: 68#OPTIONS=suppress_alert:3.3.1 69# 70# 71# *** LOCATIONS *** 72# Some platforms allow you to change the location where various things are kept. 73# IMPORTANT: If you change any of these locations, the directories they 74# point at must exist. NetHack will not create them for you. 75# 76# The default location for everything. 77# Note: On Windows HACKDIR defaults to the location 78# of the NetHack.exe or NetHackw.exe file so 79# setting HACKDIR below to override that is 80# not usually necessary or recommended. 81#HACKDIR=c:\games\nethack 82# 83# The location that level files in progress are stored (default=HACKDIR, writeable) 84#LEVELDIR=c:\nethack\levels 85# 86# The location where saved games are kept (default=HACKDIR, writeable) 87#SAVEDIR=c:\nethack\save 88# 89# The location that bones files are kept (default=HACKDIR, writeable) 90#BONESDIR=c:\nethack\save 91# 92# The location that file synchronization locks are stored (default=HACKDIR, writeable) 93#LOCKDIR=c:\nethack\levels 94# 95# The location that a record of game aborts and self-diagnosed game problems 96# is kept (default=HACKDIR, writeable) 97#TROUBLEDIR=c:\nethack\trouble 98# 99# *** CHARACTER GRAPHICS *** 100# 101# See the on-line help or the Guidebook for which symbols are in which 102# positions. 103# 104# If you merely set the IBMgraphics option as above, NetHack will use IBM 105# extended ASCII for dungeon characters. If you don't like the selections, 106# you can make up your own via these graphics options, but you should still 107# set IBMgraphics if you are using IBM graphics characters to get the correct 108# processing. 109# 110# ================================================ 111# The defaults using the IBM graphics character set: 112#DUNGEON = 032 179 196 218 191 192 217 197 193 194 \ 113# 180 195 250 254 254 043 043 240 241 250 \ 114# 176 177 243 242 060 062 095 124 092 035 \ 115# 244 247 250 247 250 250 035 035 032 035 \ 116# 247 117# 118# ================================================ 119# Some alternatives: 120#DUNGEON= 032 186 205 201 187 200 188 206 202 203 \ 121# 185 204 249 239 239 254 254 240 241 249 \ 122# 177 177 060 062 060 062 095 124 092 035 \ 123# 244 247 249 247 042 042 179 196 046 035 \ 124# 247 125# 126#TRAPS= 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 \ 127# 094 094 094 094 094 034 094 094 094 094 \ 128# 094 094 129 130# ================================================ 131# Here is a recommendation sent in by Michael Feir 132# for use by blind NetHack players. 133# 134#DUNGEON= 032 124 045 124 124 124 124 045 045 045 \ 135# 124 124 046 045 124 043 043 046 035 035 \ 136# 060 062 060 062 095 092 035 126 126 126 \ 137# 126 042 042 035 035 032 035 126 138# 139#TRAPS= 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 \ 140# 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 094 \ 141# 094 094 142# 143#EFFECTS= 124 095 092 047 042 033 041 040 \ 144# 048 035 064 042 \ 145# 047 045 092 058 058 092 045 047 \ 146# 047 045 092 058 032 058 092 045 047 147 148# ================================================ 149# Example using the DEC Rainbow/ANSI line-drawing character set: 150# 151# If you have compiled with TERMLIB, merely set the DECgraphics option as 152# above. NetHack will then switch into the VTxxx line-drawing character set 153# (aka ANSI ruling character set '0') for dungeon characters. If you don't 154# like the selections, you can make up your own via the graphics options, 155# adding 128 to the value of any line-drawing character you want to use. 156# (But you should still set DECgraphics to get the correct processing.) 157 158# ================================================= 159# *** VIDEOCOLORS AND VIDEOSHADES *** 160# 161# While playing on NEC PC-9800, default game display may be difficult to 162# read. Try following setting. 163# 164#OPTIONS=videocolors:4-2-6-1-5-3-4-2-6-1-5-3,videoshades:normal-normal-normal 165# 166# DEC Rainbows will hang if rawio is set, so they should instead use: 167#OPTIONS=BIOS,DECgraphics 168 169